Tuesday, April 29, 2008

New Platinum Links Posted... and Why I Have a Website

As promised during last week's review of PC Magazine's top ten boomer websites, I have completely revamped and expanded the Platinum Links page on our website. It was long overdue and therefore a pretty big project, but it's done - or at least done enough to post... Is anything on a website ever really done? ... but I digress.

For you newcomers, let me explain the relationship between this blog and the website. This blog, like most blogs, is sort of a stream of consciousness flow of writing. Many articles represent fleeting thoughts that stand alone. But sometimes, you get on a topic, you think about it, you write an article, then maybe a part two. You get some comments, you write some more. Then when you have thoroughly beaten a topic to death, um, I mean, covered it exhaustively, it sits there in chronological pieces on your blog.

But if you really have covered a topic to a conclusion, you may want to massage it into something coherent for posterity. That, to me, is what the web site is for. Blogs are good at many things, but they are not great at organizing information. Websites are, or at least can be better organized.

So that's what i did today. I organized the links I've been cranking out into something more coherent. It was a lot of work... but you're worth it. :-) Bob

P.S. In the process, I found a great new blog/website, very similar to Platinum Years, which I'll tell you about tomorrow.

About Me

Disclaimer

"This site may include analysis about the direction of various markets, and information about specific types of investments, as well as specific examples of investments that can be or have been made. All such ideas, opinions, and/or forecasts, expressed or implied herein, are for educational and informational purposes only. They should not be construed as a recommendation for the reader to invest, trade, and/or speculate in these markets. Any investments, trades, and/or speculations made in light of the ideas, opinions, and/or forecasts, expressed or implied herein, are undertaken at your own risk, financial or otherwise."

"Every investor, advisor, or planner makes mistakes, and I make plenty of them. The markets have a way of humbling just about everybody, and the nature of this site is such that obviously I cannot know each person's individual situation. I encourage you to do your own "due diligence," which should include seeking, if at all possible, professional advice. And by all means, "push back" by commenting when you think I am wrong, or when any advice seems incomplete or insufficient. That way, we will all learn, with each person maintaining responsibility for his or her own decisions."